intoxicated

in·tox·i·cat·ed

adjective \-sə-ˌkā-təd\

Definition of INTOXICATED

: affected by or as if by alcohol : drunk

— in·tox·i·cat·ed·ly \-ˌkā-təd-lē\ adverb

Examples of INTOXICATED

1. He appeared to be very intoxicated.
2. Driving while intoxicated is illegal.

First Known Use of INTOXICATED

1576

Related to INTOXICATED

Synonyms

besotted, blasted [slang], blind, blitzed [slang], blotto [slang], bombed, boozy, canned [slang], cockeyed, crocked, drunken, fried, gassed, hammered [slang], high, impaired, inebriate, inebriated, drunk, juiced [slang], lit, lit up, loaded [slang], looped, oiled [slang], pickled, pie-eyed, plastered, potted [slang], ripped [slang], sloshed [slang], smashed [slang], sottish, soused, sozzled, squiffed (or squiffy), stewed, stiff, stinking [slang], stoned, tanked [slang], tiddly [chiefly British], tight, tipsy, wasted [slang], wet, wiped out [slang]

Antonyms

sober, straight

Related Words

maudlin; beery; befuddled, bleary-eyed, crapulous, dopey (also dopy), rocky, strung out, stupefied; debauched, dissipated, dissolute; alcoholic, bibulous, dipsomaniacal

Near Antonyms

abstemious, abstinent, dry, temperate, teetotal; clearheaded, cool, level, steady

Other Alcoholic Beverage Terms

finish, gimlet, mull, sake, setup, sommelier, syllabub, vintner, wassail

Rhymes with INTOXICATED

affiliated, articulated, coordinated, decaffeinated, encapsulated, incorporated, inebriated, interrelated, opinionated, premeditated, sophisticated, uncalculated, uncelebrated, uncomplicated, underinflated, unmediated, unmitigated, unsaturated, unsegregated

in·tox·i·cat·ed

adjective \-sə-ˌkāt-əd\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of INTOXICATED

: affected by an intoxicant and especially by alcohol